Presentation Skills

In this course, intermediate students learn the essential features of effective presentations and practice techniques for engaging an audience, delivering meaningful content, and using pronunciation to support message delivery. Students learn both how to prepare a well-organized presentation and how to use their voice and body language to connect with listeners. In preparation for delivering short talks, students analyze video excerpts of speeches, synthesize sources of information, study presentation structure, and improve their pronunciation through iterations of scripted speech. Students learn several different presentation types, including introducing others, defining terms, delivering information, explaining processes, and presenting solutions to problems. By learning to design presentations to appeal to audiences, students develop skills they can use to effectively share their ideas in academic and professional settings.